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Earl Temple

(1711 - 1779)



His brother, George Grenville, eventually became Prime Minister, as did his brother-in-law, William Pitt. He was always actively involved in politics and in 1760 he received the Order of the Garter from a reluctant George II, and proudly recorded this fact in the creation of the Garter Room.

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